| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Slang. A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt3, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim. Informal : sucker. Slang : gudgeon, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon, sap1. Chiefly British : mug. See WISE. 2. Slang. One who is made an object of blame: goat, scapegoat, whipping boy. Slang : patsy. See PRAISE.
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